Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun sg] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's me Moll , Yanto , ’ he answered with an urgent whisper , still keeping his eye on the other bedroom window . |
| 2 | Wetherall then stumbled and fell over on the appalling pitch in the centre of the 6 yard box ( as he was correctly keeping his eye on the incoming ball ) . |
| 3 | The logical conclusion of all this is that there can no longer be a justification for the massive nuclear arsenals held by both sides , that only the absolute minimum of nuclear defence is required and that , because President Yeltsin , too , now has his finger on the nuclear button , we should now be doing business with him on this issue as on so many others . |
| 4 | In their campaign speeches , the Republican candidates refrained from attacking one another and Reagan concentrated his fire on the incumbent Democratic governor , Pat Brown . |
| 5 | In his wisdom , Lord Mountbatten saw what was happening and , after his retirement in 1965 , concentrated his attention on the young Prince and became a vital figure in his life . |
| 6 | Beecham stopped the orchestra with a tap of his baton , fixed his eye on the red-faced tympany man and asked ‘ What is your name ’ ? in icy tones . |
| 7 | An army of Slaanesh worshippers would be available to impose his will on the leaderless Elves . |
| 8 | The first part of the poem deals with Sir Walter 's attempts to impose his mastery on the natural environment . |
| 9 | Hardly had Muawad been elected than they detected signs that the Syrians were less than eager to give him the support he needed to impose his authority on the whole country . |
| 10 | Hardly had Muawad been elected than they detected signs that the Syrians were less than eager to give him the support he needed to impose his authority on the whole country . |
| 11 | The telephone was ringing as McLeish walked into his own flat , and he picked it up to find his Commander on the other end of the line . |
| 12 | It is generally assumed first , that this ‘ ceremonial recognition of his son as king in his own lifetime was something new ’ ( although Aethelred of Mercia , for example , is said to have appointed Coenred as his heir ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 57 ) , second , that it was the first royal anointing in England ( though reservations have been expressed as to whether Ecgfrith was anointed or , if he was , whether he was the first ) , and , third , that Offa was basing his action on the recent papal consecration in 781 of the Frankish princes , Pippin and Louis , sons of Charlemagne ( though Byzantine precedents are also possible ) . |
| 13 | Weber did qualify his emphasis on the coercive methods through which the state maintains order and compliance , ‘ force is certainly not the normal or only means of the state ’ ( Weber 1972 p.78 ) . |
| 14 | At one level , he finally found a spiritual home , a sanctuary from which he could vent his spleen on the oppressive bourgeois institutions which had duped him . |
| 15 | A pensioner walking his dog on the other side of the street quickened his pace , obviously not wanting to be there when the men in white coats came for me . |
| 16 | You want his summing-up on the human race , ten years before his death ? |
| 17 | Rovers ' contract rebel , who is the subject of a reported £70,000 bid from Hull , has temporarily turned his back on the professional game to return to his amateur roots . |
| 18 | Speculation that he had turned his back on the fast world of Wall Street finance was fuelled by reports that he has spent his time in prison studying the Jewish religion . |
| 19 | Had Furlanetto done his homework on the great singers of the past , simply in order to try and absorb something of the tradition in double-quick time ? |
| 20 | The priest banged his fist on the little table , causing the cups to jump in their saucers . |
| 21 | The Labour Party Conference : Livingstone loses his seat on the national executive |
| 22 | While I finish my mug of tea , Jamie loses his pound on the old fashioned pinball table . |
| 23 | Ever since Victor had saved his life on the deadly ravine-wire crossing they had become firm friends . |
| 24 | In November 1 172 he had met his father-in-law on the Norman border and it was believed that Louis VII had urged him to demand what was rightfully his . |
| 25 | The commission for a new tomb for the philosopher , to replace the simple stone that marks his grave on the Catalan coast , had been given to the Israeli artist Dani Karavan in 1989 by the Arbeitskreis Selbständiger Kulturinstitut and was to be financed to the tune of DM1 million by the German Foreign Ministry . |
| 26 | Instead of using a jack to take the weight , Jos turned his back on the front bumper , bent his knees and lifted the two leading tyres clear of the ground . |
| 27 | The 32-year-old libero , regarded as one of the most accomplished and stylish defenders in world soccer , turned his back on the national team last month to spend more time with his family . |
| 28 | Uncertainly , he turned his back on the prowling form of Jeopardy and attempted to curl his body into the movement Amber had disrupted . |
| 29 | He turned his back on the little girls , the poor one looking so much like the rich man 's child , as they disappeared into the house to eat their rice together . |
| 30 | He 'd equipped his facility on the orbital Tech-Green research base — annexed to Sky City One — with an incuvat ; the means to commit virtual suicide in a complete reality . |